Commun ty Matters Farmington Presbyterian Manor
January 2017
Art is Ageless® call for entries Residents and friends of Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America’s Art is Ageless program are proving that art, in any form, is an ageless ambition, whether you picked up a brush for the first time as a child or completed your first drawing after age 80. Farmington Presbyterian Manor is accepting entries for the 2017 Art is Ageless competition until Feb. 20. Art will be on display Feb. 22-24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Assisted Living Lobby.There will be a reception with the artists at 2 p.m. on Feb. 24. Artists may enter as amateurs or professionals.The categories for submitted artwork are: · Christmas · Drawing ART IS AGELESS, continued on page 2
Nurse’s world filled with new beginnings Jessica Brawley’s life looks markedly different now than it did a year ago. 2016 was a year of new beginnings for Jessica: in June she accepted a promotion to quality assurance nurse at Farmington Presbyterian Manor, where she has been an LPN since 2011. In August, she married Josh Brawley. And in the fall she adopted her cousin’s teenage son. “It’s been exciting,” Jessica said of all the changes in her world. “It was very emotional and stressful planning the wedding, but pretty much it’s just exciting.” At work, the changes in her duties have given her a new perspective on the rules that the nursing staff follows. The job of a quality assurance NURSE, continued on page 2